The Tashkent Files sets itself up as political thriller masquerading as a murder mystery. The latter is never solved, but the film succeeds beyond expectations. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s scripting and directorial skills dispense high drama, in addition to an engrossing audience experience, without really uncovering new facts or theories about Shastri’s death.

The unsolved puzzle of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death

Baisakhi, April 13, 1919. A hundred years ago on the Punjabi New Year’s day, British Indian troops fired 1,650 rounds of bullets into a large crowd of unarmed civilians assembled peacefully at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar.

Jallianwala 100 years later: Through the glass darkly

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was formed on April 6, 1980. Today, with a vaunted membership of 100 million people, it is the world’s largest political organisation.

Modi checkmated opposition's attempt to turn Advani’s statement against current BJP leadership

In the perception battle ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Indian electorate has been inundated, rattled, one might even say bedazzled, by slogans galore.

'Main bhi chowkidar' vs 'Chowkidar chor hai': Who is winning?

In this very column, along with the whole nation, I had wondered what India’s response would be to the Pulwama suicide terrorist blast. On the afternoon of 14 February, about 40 CRPF jawans lost their lives in the bombing.

Should India hold Pakistan responsible for its non-state actors?

Those following the outcome of the recently concluded assembly elections in five states cannot help feeling somewhat concerned, if not cautious, when it comes to projecting the BJP’s prospects in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

After state elections: Nation’s mood and road ahead for BJP

John Allen Chau should have known better. The 27-year-old American evangelist of US-Chinese descent decided to return to a remote island in the Andamans despite not just an Indian government ban, but clear warning that he was not wanted there.

US Missionary John Allen Chau vs the world’s last aboriginals

As I write this, Section 144 of the IPC, prohibiting the assembly of more than four persons, has been imposed in Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal, and Elavungal. It seems Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has a problem.

Sabarimala and downfall of Communist rule in Kerala

Long back, Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar popularised the celebration of six Indian festivals as part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s calendar. Of these, Vijayadashami, which marks the triumph of good over evil is possibly the most important.

Moderate Hinduism: Mohan Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami exposition

One of the paradoxes of ideological and cultural conflict is how adversaries, after a long engagement, begin to resemble one another. Following Karl Marx, the presiding deity of Communism, the patron saint of dialectical materialism, Frederich Engels, called this phenomenon the interpenetration of opposites.

 How will the Hindutva blues play out?

Ever since the inaugural Indo-Russian summit in 2000, led from the Indian side by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the two countries have enjoyed what was termed a “special and privileged strategic partnership”.

Opinion: Why Indo-Russian partnership is likely to strengthen

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